Cruise on our brand new reef boat to the Outer Great Barrier Reef from Cairns Marlin Marina. Snorkel among pristine coral or learn to dive. With many outstanding options, you could take a unique submarine tour, or even a scenic helicopter flight.

This remarkable cruise to the outer Great Barrier Reef from Cairns Marlin Marina is an unforgettable way to discover marine life and abundant water activities.

On a newly built boat you will speed across dazzling waters to the world’s most colourful reef-system. Your skipper, with a choice of 12 stunning locations, will choose the first stop based on best currents, tides, visibility and overall reef conditions.

A marine expert will share a reef presentation and some snorkelling tips to enhance your adventure. Between sea-stars and sea-turtles, blue Parrotfish and yellow Butterflyfish, coral mountains and pinnacles, your snorkelling experience will be among the greatest natural aquarium existing on our planet!

You could also learn to dive among this aquatic wonder, or see it from a whole new perspective with a submarine tour and scenic helicopter flight. Delight in an Aussie BBQ lunch, complete with prawns, steak, sausages and vegetarian options, as you listen to a live musical band. You'll then move on to another, no less impressive and breathtaking reef.

Catch a few rays basking on the spacious deck in the sun, or simply plunge right into the undersea extravaganza again for the afternoon.

Highlights

Almost every Outer Great Barrier Reef cruise allows you to explore the beauty of coral gardens and rare reef fish. And on this tour, you’ll be doubly entertained by an authentic Aussie BBQ, and live musical band playing your favourites!

Deep below, or high above the surface, this tour offers a spectacular choice of discovering the reef up close in an introductory dive, or from a unique aerial view by scenic helicopter.

Perfect Selfie

Ask the friendly crew if you can grab a snap at the Helm alongside the captain of the ship! Then you can tell all your friends at home you were the driver. Or set them straight relaying that you were far too busy to navigate, with one of the seven natural wonders to explore!

Itinerary

Great Barrier Reef Tour Inclusions

Jump on board the newest and fastest Great Barrier Reef tour boat in Cairns to snorkel and scuba dive two outer coral reef sites as chosen by the boats skipper each morning based on the tides, winds and currents on the day.

This Great Barrier Reef tour is the best value reef trip in Cairns and you have so many extra optional activities that you may also upgrade to enjoy.

To accompany you on this Great Barrier Reef tour, they'll be an interactive reef presentation by the submarine boat captain.

Hear all about why the fascinating complexities of this Great Barrier Reef system and its legend as one of the seven natural wonders of the world.

Optional Introductory Scuba Diving

This may very well appeal to the explorer’s soul inside you, just looking for a way to try a new experience or adventure!

Drifting along the shores with a snorkel and mask is a magnificent way to view the fantasyland below the waters surface, tet an introductory scuba dive allows you to glide further down within the heart of this world heritage masterpiece to see things that are just not lurking in the shallower waters above.

You could view cheeky eels darting in and out of crevices up close, and hover only centimetres away from the giant purple clam.

The giant schools of heavenly blue Maori wrasse and speckled cod could mistake you as one of their own and swim alongside for the tour.

A helpful dive master will be with you every underwater breath of the way, as you coast weightlessly through your own historic event.

Optional Certified Scuba Diving

Welcome to the ultimate aspiration for every certified scuba diver who dreamed of marine heaven.

Your entrancing sites for the day could include Hastings, Saxon, and Norman Reefs; all legendary destinations renowned for swim throughs, pinnacles, bommies, (coral mountains) and drop off walls close to the continental shelf.

The reason the Outer Great Barrier Reef is a far-travelled scuba dive mecca, is not just because of its awe-inspiring terrain, but the sheer plenitude of marine life you’ll find.

Tropical fish, sea-turtles and stingrays in abundance.

Dolphins and whales in the cooler months, world famous coral spawning later in the year, and such a cache of reef fish that you might find a rare rainbow Mandarin, or a settlement of Clown fish (Nemo) so vast, it will leave you breathless.

In fact we can guarantee each sighting in your world-wonder experience with stay with you for the rest of your diving days.

Optional Scenic Helicopter Flight

Spectacular as the azure Outer Great Barrier Reef is from under the surface, there's another breathtaking way to view this icon.

Fly like one of the sea-eagles you're likely to see, over a quilt of turquoise entwined with coral gems on a scenic helicopter flight.

This unforgettable 5 or 10 minute aerial adventure will fan across a miraculous discovery of marine life.

The joyful recognition of grazing sea-turtles, frolicking dolphins, and perhaps even a whale or two is the kind of helicopter scenic flight visuals that dreams are made of.

The friendly crew will jet you across to a helipad on the ocean, and a pilot will lift you to soaring new heights, and a new perspective of the marine park.

Your scenic helicopter flight will have you flying at around 500 feet above the waters surface which enables you to see the intricate lace like formations of the reef and its inhabitants.

Additional Information

Eco Certifications

Cruise on our brand new reef boat to the Outer Great Barrier Reef from Cairns Marlin Marina. Snorkel among pristine coral or learn to dive. With many outstanding options, you could take a unique submarine tour, or even a scenic helicopter flight.

This remarkable cruise to the outer Great Barrier Reef from Cairns Marlin Marina is an unforgettable way to discover marine life and abundant water activities.

On a newly built boat you will speed across dazzling waters to the world’s most colourful reef-system. Your skipper, with a choice of 12 stunning locations, will choose the first stop based on best currents, tides, visibility and overall reef conditions.

A marine expert will share a reef presentation and some snorkelling tips to enhance your adventure. Between sea-stars and sea-turtles, blue Parrotfish and yellow Butterflyfish, coral mountains and pinnacles, your snorkelling experience will be among the greatest natural aquarium existing on our planet!

You could also learn to dive among this aquatic wonder, or see it from a whole new perspective with a submarine tour and scenic helicopter flight. Delight in an Aussie BBQ lunch, complete with prawns, steak, sausages and vegetarian options, as you listen to a live musical band. You'll then move on to another, no less impressive and breathtaking reef.

Catch a few rays basking on the spacious deck in the sun, or simply plunge right into the undersea extravaganza again for the afternoon.

Highlights

Almost every Outer Great Barrier Reef cruise allows you to explore the beauty of coral gardens and rare reef fish. And on this tour, you’ll be doubly entertained by an authentic Aussie BBQ, and live musical band playing your favourites!

Deep below, or high above the surface, this tour offers a spectacular choice of discovering the reef up close in an introductory dive, or from a unique aerial view by scenic helicopter.

Perfect Selfie

Ask the friendly crew if you can grab a snap at the Helm alongside the captain of the ship! Then you can tell all your friends at home you were the driver. Or set them straight relaying that you were far too busy to navigate, with one of the seven natural wonders to explore!

Itinerary

Great Barrier Reef Tour Inclusions

Jump on board the newest and fastest Great Barrier Reef tour boat in Cairns to snorkel and scuba dive two outer coral reef sites as chosen by the boats skipper each morning based on the tides, winds and currents on the day.

This Great Barrier Reef tour is the best value reef trip in Cairns and you have so many extra optional activities that you may also upgrade to enjoy.

To accompany you on this Great Barrier Reef tour, they'll be an interactive reef presentation by the submarine boat captain.

Hear all about why the fascinating complexities of this Great Barrier Reef system and its legend as one of the seven natural wonders of the world.

Optional Introductory Scuba Diving

This may very well appeal to the explorer’s soul inside you, just looking for a way to try a new experience or adventure!

Drifting along the shores with a snorkel and mask is a magnificent way to view the fantasyland below the waters surface, tet an introductory scuba dive allows you to glide further down within the heart of this world heritage masterpiece to see things that are just not lurking in the shallower waters above.

You could view cheeky eels darting in and out of crevices up close, and hover only centimetres away from the giant purple clam.

The giant schools of heavenly blue Maori wrasse and speckled cod could mistake you as one of their own and swim alongside for the tour.

A helpful dive master will be with you every underwater breath of the way, as you coast weightlessly through your own historic event.

Optional Certified Scuba Diving

Welcome to the ultimate aspiration for every certified scuba diver who dreamed of marine heaven.

Your entrancing sites for the day could include Hastings, Saxon, and Norman Reefs; all legendary destinations renowned for swim throughs, pinnacles, bommies, (coral mountains) and drop off walls close to the continental shelf.

The reason the Outer Great Barrier Reef is a far-travelled scuba dive mecca, is not just because of its awe-inspiring terrain, but the sheer plenitude of marine life you’ll find.

Tropical fish, sea-turtles and stingrays in abundance.

Dolphins and whales in the cooler months, world famous coral spawning later in the year, and such a cache of reef fish that you might find a rare rainbow Mandarin, or a settlement of Clown fish (Nemo) so vast, it will leave you breathless.

In fact we can guarantee each sighting in your world-wonder experience with stay with you for the rest of your diving days.

Optional Scenic Helicopter Flight

Spectacular as the azure Outer Great Barrier Reef is from under the surface, there's another breathtaking way to view this icon.

Fly like one of the sea-eagles you're likely to see, over a quilt of turquoise entwined with coral gems on a scenic helicopter flight.

This unforgettable 5 or 10 minute aerial adventure will fan across a miraculous discovery of marine life.

The joyful recognition of grazing sea-turtles, frolicking dolphins, and perhaps even a whale or two is the kind of helicopter scenic flight visuals that dreams are made of.

The friendly crew will jet you across to a helipad on the ocean, and a pilot will lift you to soaring new heights, and a new perspective of the marine park.

Your scenic helicopter flight will have you flying at around 500 feet above the waters surface which enables you to see the intricate lace like formations of the reef and its inhabitants.